Some Iowa farmers still rebuilding two years after derecho
Wayne Blackford looks over damage Friday from the August 2020 derecho on his family's farmland north of Marion. The family lost not only crops but ...
Wayne Blackford looks over damage Friday from the August 2020 derecho on his family's farmland north of Marion. The family lost not only crops but also several cattle barns, sheds, garages and silos to the storm. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) MARION — If one looks hard enough, and knows where to look, one can still see evidence of the lingering damage from the 2020 derecho that flattened millions of acres of crops, crumpled grain bins, leveled sheds, toppled silos and tore off barn roofs. Nearly two years removed from the Aug.